During a period from when an automated driving vehicle starts pulling over to a sidewalk side until the vehicle pulls over completely thereto, an operation control section causes the vehicle to immediately stop when an object that can be an obstacle exists in at least one of a middle front area, a sidewalk-side front area, and a sidewalk-side side area that are areas each within a predetermined distance at a middle front, at a sidewalk-side front, and on a sidewalk-side side of the vehicle, respectively. During the period, the operation control section does not cause the vehicle to stop when the object does not exist in any of the middle front area, the sidewalk-side front area, and the sidewalk-side side area, even when the object exists in an area surrounding the vehicle other than the middle front area, the sidewalk-side front area, and the sidewalk-side side area.
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3. The automated driving vehicle according to claim 1, wherein during a period from when the automated driving vehicle under automated driving pulls over completely to the sidewalk side until the automated driving vehicle comes to a stop, the processor causes the automated driving vehicle to stop when the object that can be an obstacle exists in the middle front area, and does not cause the automated driving vehicle to stop when the object that can be an obstacle does not exist in the middle front area, even when the object that can be an obstacle exists in an area surrounding the automated driving vehicle other than the middle front area.
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